Combined ironing-board and step-ladder.



G. E. MOLENDON.. COMBINED IKONING BOARD AND STEP LADDER.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 22, 1913.

1,130,417., Patented Mar.2, 1915.

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COMBINED IRONING-BOARD AND STEP-LADDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 22, 1913. Serial No. 780,501.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GORDON E. MCLEN- DON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Memphis, in the county of Shelby and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Ironing-Boards and Step-Ladders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in an article of household utility and has for its object to provide a combined ironing board and step ladder.

Another object of the invention is to provide an ironing board having a support therefor and being so constructed that it is equally adapted to be used as a step ladder.

With the above and other objects in view I have invented the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- I Figure l is an elevational view of my de vice set up as an ironing board, Fig. 2 is an elevational view of the device folded, Fig. 3 is a front elevational View of the device as used for a step ladder and Fig. 4 is a side elevational view of Fig. 3.

Like reference characters indicate like parts throughout the specification and in the several views in the drawings in which 1 indicates an ironing board having the upper step 2 of a step ladder 3 hingedly secured to its small end 4. To the central portion of the standards 5 and 6 of said ladder is secured a two section brace member 7 the sections 8 and 9 of which are held together by means of a rule hinge construction 10 so that when the device is used as an ironing board, the opposing inner ends 11 and 12 of said sections abut against one another and are thereby held rigid When the round 13 is caught in either of the brackets 14, 15 or 16, the standards 5 and 6, and the member 7 forming a stand or support for the board 1. By means of the brackets 14, 15 and 16, which are spaced apart to suit, the ironing board may be set at any desired height.

When the device is used as a ladder the large end 17 of the board 1, together with the lower and free ends 18 and 19 of the ladder are set upon the floor and spaced apart from one another until the round 13 can be seated in (preferably) the bracket 15, whereby the members 1 and 3 are held rigidly together, the member 9 swinging down against the lower partof the ladder 3, and out of the way. Steps 20 are provided between the standards 5 and 6 whereby the ladder is formed.

When it is desired to comportly fold the device the member 8 is thrown upwardly between the members 1 and 3, when the ladder may be swung up closely against the ironing board, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The edge 21 of the portion 17 is formed straight so as to firmly support the ladder.

Having now described my invention, that which I claim to be new and original and desire to procure by Letters Patent is:

1. In combination an elongated baseboard, two elongated legs hingedly connected to one end of the base board, braces connecting said legs together, a pair of. sectional legs pivotally connected to the sides of said elongated legs, the members of said sectional legs having a butt joint, and stops carried by said base-board against which the ends of said sectional legs may abut.

whereby to cause the legs to intersect to horizontally support said base-board.

2. In combination, a table-board, a stepped elongated frame hingedly connected to one end of said table-board, oppositelyarranged two-section legs pivotally connected to the sides of said frame, said two sections, when extended, arranged to have a butt joint, said sections when extended and adjoined arranged to intersect said frame, stops carried by said table-board engaged by certain of said sections whereby to hold said sections in alinement, stops carried by said table-board in advance of said other props engaged by certain of said sections, whereby to hold said frame in an angular position relatively to said table-board.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GORDON E. McLENDON.

Witnesses A. B. FALLs, J. H. ScHwINN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. 0. v

Patented Mar. 2, 1915.: 

